§ 24.101 Definitions.

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Title 29 CFR: Labor › Part 24: PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROVISIONS OF SIX ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES AND SECTION 211 OF THE ENERGY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED › Subpart A: Complaints, Investigations, Issuance of Findings › § 24.101: § 24.101 Definitions.

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Assistant Secretary

means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health or the person or persons to whom he or she delegates authority under any of the statutes listed in § 24.100(a).

Business days

means days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.

Complainant

means the employee who filed a complaint under any of the statutes listed in § 24.100(a) or on whose behalf a complaint was filed.

OSHA

means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.

Respondent

means the employer named in the complaint, who is alleged to have violated any of the statutes listed in § 24.100(a).

Secretary

means the Secretary of Labor or persons to whom authority under any of the statutes listed in § 24.100(a) has been delegated.

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